B G wrote: > Before you trash anything try some disk repair. > > Onyx, Applejack and others with run the maintenance scripts, repair > prebinding etc. > > you can also use the Apple Disk Utility to check and repair the disk > > Hopefully that will help. > > BG Tried the 3 finger restart and the Option restart with the same result. The smiling Mac comes up but the the computer restarts itself and OS 10.2.8 comes up. No joy with Applejack ... it keeps telling me that there is an error and it will not install the program. Next!! Dan